We are glad to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as you preside over this meeting, at which, at your initiative, we are considering a very important and multi-faceted topic.
We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his statement and to our distinguished guests, Mr. Nabil Elaraby, Mr. Jamsheed Mar…
Like my other colleagues, I too would like to welcome Prime Minister Aznar of Spain to the Council Chamber. I also wish to thank him for his important statement. We are confident that, as chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Spain and Ambassador Arias will further implement the Committee’…
Today’s topic is very current. Unless there is a comprehensive approach to conflict resolution I do not think it is possible to hope for any possibility of restoring lasting peace in countries that have emerged from a crisis. Experience has shown that the United Nations peacekeeping operations are b…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, for his briefing on the most recent events in Timor-Leste and also for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2003/449), which objectively considers the work done by the United Nations Mi…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report and to Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for introducing it. We agree with the assessments and recommendations contained in the report. Unfortunately, they paint a troubling picture of developments in the province.
We note, of course, th…
The Russian Federation has consistently favoured the achievement of a just settlement of the problem of Cyprus. We believe that that problem must be resolved through the establishment of a single bicommunal, bizonal federal State that ensures full political equality for both communities inhabiting t…
We are happy to see you in the Chair, Mr. President. We welcome Mexico’s initiative to hold this meeting, and also welcome the statement made by the Secretary-General, who has given his constant attention to forming various partnerships in order to fulfil the purposes of the Charter of the United Na…
Over the year and half of its work, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) has played a leading role in the system that has been created under the auspices of the United Nations to counter new threats and challenges. Its lead role in building up a global anti-terrorist capacity and its authority in s…
The Russian delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for his report, and wishes also to thank Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Danilo Türk for his useful briefing on the latest developments.
The Russian delegation welcomes the commitment in principle of the Government of Papua New Guinea and …
We have just unanimously adopted a resolution as a step that we were obliged to take in connection with the need to resolve the Iraqi population’s humanitarian problems caused by the military actions of the United States and the United Kingdom against Iraq. First and foremost, those problems should …
The Security Council, by unanimously adopting resolution 1441 (2002), took upon itself the serious responsibility of completing the process of Iraq’s disarmament. Today, members have before them the reports of the heads of the United Nations
Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOV…
My delegation would like at the outset to join in the condolences that have been expressed with regard to the death of peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea.
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for the presentation of the special report of the Secretary-General and for the additio…
The Iraq problem has many aspects. On the one hand, we all agree that we must achieve the full and effective disarmament of Iraq, in conformity with Security Council resolution 1441 (2002). On the other hand, it is quite clear that the way in which we resolve this problem will determine not only the…
At the outset, my delegation would like to associate itself with those delegations that have expressed their condolences and sympathy to the delegation of the People’s Republic of China with regard to the natural disaster that has struck China.
We are grateful to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs o…
We, too, are grateful to Under-Secretary- General Guéhenno, to Ambassador Nishimura and to Ambassador Braun for the extremely interesting and very technical and useful briefings today. I believe that the material that they have given us will be important to us as we carry out our work in the coming …
Our meeting today is in its way a unique occasion in the history of the United Nations. The Security Council is meeting again as an urgent matter at the level of Ministers for Foreign Affairs to seek a solution to a most acute problem: a settlement of the situation concerning Iraq. This fact is furt…
We would like first of all to thank the Under- Secretary-General, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, for their detailed briefings.
The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to be a source of serious concern. After t…
We would like to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in Kosovo and also to the head of the Mission, Mr. Steiner, for his substantive briefing on the situation in the region.
The assess…
While I am in the United States, I should like first of all, on behalf of the leadership and the people of Russia, to express profound condolences to the Government and the people of the United States of America following the tragic death of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia. We share the grief…
Today, the Security Council is discussing an issue of paramount importance: how to further intensify and increase the effectiveness of cooperation in combating terrorism. This initiative by France is a very timely development, and we welcome it. The new wave of terrorist acts that shook the world la…
